Postdoctoral Fellow (Requisition ID: 230000DN)
Job Details:
Employer: Khalifa University
The internationally top-ranked Khalifa University of Science and Technology is the one university in the UAE with the research and academic programs that address the entire range of strategic, scientific and industrial challenges facing the UAE’s knowledge economy transformation and our rapidly evolving world.
Title: | Gulf Faculty Jobs | Jobs in UAE |Postdoctoral position in concrete degradation |
Location:
Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Salary and Benefits:
Not Disclosed
Application Deadline:
Not Disclosed
Job Type:
Research
Qualifications:
- A PhD degree in chemical/civil engineering or a closely related discipline.
- Strong expertise in concrete degradation, degradation mechanism of concrete subjected to external sulfate attack, concrete damage modelling due to sulfate attack, nondestructive evaluation for concrete degradation, and assessment/repair of concrete structures.
- Very Good expertise in optimizing non-destructive technique for the damaged on-shore concrete structure.
- High motivation and a solid desire to actively participate in experiments and numerical modelling as well as to propose and undertake initiatives.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills; effective interpersonal skills to work effectively within a scientifically diverse team.
- Ability to successfully report and publish research results in Q1 journals.
- Good knowledge of nuclear power plants is desired but not required.
- Good programming skills with C/C++, Python and Fortran are desired but not required.
- Strong experience in concrete degradation, diffusion of sulphate and chloride ions through concrete, physical and chemical attacks of concrete, and external sulphate attack (ESA).
- Good communication skills in English
Fields:
In this project, experiments will be performed to understand the impact of the UAE harsh environment on the concrete structures in nuclear power plants (NPPs) that are degraded by chemical attack (efflorescence and leaching, sulphate attack, acid attack, etc.) and by physical attack (freeze–thaw, salt crystallization, etc.). Among the aforementioned attacks, sulphate attack is one of the main causes of strength loss and volume expansion/cracking of concrete structures that are exposed to marine environments. This project aims to investigate the ageing/degradation of concrete structures by sulphate attack and develop remedial measures for damaged concrete structures.
Documents Required:
Interested candidates should send their CV and a detailed cover letter to:
For More Details/To Apply Institution Link:
https://careers.ku.ac.ae/careersection/ku+external+portal/moresearch.ftl?lang=en&portal=8116755942
